Malaria in French Guiana Linked to Illegal Gold Mining

Vincent Pommier de Santi; Aissata Dia; Antoine Adde; Georges Hyvert; Julien Galant; Michel Mazevet; Christophe Nguyen; Samuel B Vezenegho; Isabelle Dusfour; Romain Girod; Sébastien Briolant

doi:10.3201/eid2202.151292

Malaria in French Guiana Linked to Illegal Gold Mining

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Feb;22(2):344-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2202.151292.

Authors

Vincent Pommier de Santi, Aissata Dia, Antoine Adde, Georges Hyvert, Julien Galant, Michel Mazevet, Christophe Nguyen, Samuel B Vezenegho, Isabelle Dusfour, Romain Girod, Sébastien Briolant

No abstract available

Keywords: Anopheles spp.; French Guiana; anopheles mosquitoes; illegal gold mining; malaria; parasites; plasmodium falciparum; plasmodium vivax; vector.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
French Guiana / epidemiology
Geography
Gold*
Humans
Malaria / epidemiology*
Malaria / parasitology
Malaria / transmission
Mining*

Substances

Gold